diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5ce6ef0..a925c01 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 [package]
 name = "lodestone_scraper"
 version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Kyle Clemens <git@kyleclemens.com>"]
+authors = ["Anna Clemens <git@annaclemens.io>"]
 
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-reqwest = "0.9"
+reqwest = "0.10"
 failure = "0.1"
+# futures = "0.3"
 lazy_static = "1"
-url = "1"
+url = "2"
 
 [dependencies.lodestone_parser]
 git = "https://github.com/jkcclemens/lodestone_parser"
@@ -18,3 +19,7 @@ git = "https://github.com/jkcclemens/lodestone_parser"
 version = "1"
 default-features = false
 features = ["worlds", "data_centers", "races", "clans"]
+
+[dependencies.tokio]
+version = "0.2"
+features = ["rt-core", "rt-threaded", "macros"]
diff --git a/src/builder/character_search.rs b/src/builder/character_search.rs
index 068647b..7a13b8a 100644
--- a/src/builder/character_search.rs
+++ b/src/builder/character_search.rs
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ impl<'a> CharacterSearchBuilder<'a> {
     self
   }
 
-  pub fn send(&self) -> Result<Paginated<CharacterSearchItem>> {
-    let text = self.scraper.text(self.as_url())?;
+  pub async fn send(&self) -> Result<Paginated<CharacterSearchItem>> {
+    let text = self.scraper.text(self.as_url()).await?;
     lodestone_parser::parse_character_search(&text).map_err(Error::Parse)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/builder/free_company_search.rs b/src/builder/free_company_search.rs
index 7f4097f..7191b51 100644
--- a/src/builder/free_company_search.rs
+++ b/src/builder/free_company_search.rs
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ impl<'a> FreeCompanySearchBuilder<'a> {
     self
   }
 
-  pub fn send(&self) -> Result<Paginated<FreeCompanySearchItem>> {
-    let text = self.scraper.text(self.as_url())?;
+  pub async fn send(&self) -> Result<Paginated<FreeCompanySearchItem>> {
+    let text = self.scraper.text(self.as_url()).await?;
     lodestone_parser::parse_free_company_search(&text).map_err(Error::Parse)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/builder/linkshell.rs b/src/builder/linkshell.rs
index 3c6029c..1bdd5b8 100644
--- a/src/builder/linkshell.rs
+++ b/src/builder/linkshell.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ impl<'a> LinkshellBuilder<'a> {
     self
   }
 
-  pub fn send(&self) -> Result<Linkshell> {
-    let text = self.scraper.text(self.as_url())?;
+  pub async fn send(&self) -> Result<Linkshell> {
+    let text = self.scraper.text(self.as_url()).await?;
     lodestone_parser::parse_linkshell(self.id, &text).map_err(Error::Parse)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/builder/linkshell_search.rs b/src/builder/linkshell_search.rs
index e3b40d1..24921dc 100644
--- a/src/builder/linkshell_search.rs
+++ b/src/builder/linkshell_search.rs
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ impl<'a> LinkshellSearchBuilder<'a> {
     self
   }
 
-  pub fn send(&self) -> Result<Paginated<LinkshellSearchItem>> {
-    let text = self.scraper.text(self.as_url())?;
+  pub async fn send(&self) -> Result<Paginated<LinkshellSearchItem>> {
+    let text = self.scraper.text(self.as_url()).await?;
     lodestone_parser::parse_linkshell_search(&text).map_err(Error::Parse)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 05cca5a..bae0f22 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ impl LodestoneScraper {
     LODESTONE_URL.join(s).map_err(Error::Url)
   }
 
-  crate fn text(&self, url: Url) -> Result<String> {
-    let mut res = self.client
+  crate async fn text(&self, url: Url) -> Result<String> {
+    let res = self.client
       .get(url)
       .send()
+      .await
       .map_err(Error::Net)?;
     match res.status() {
       StatusCode::OK => {},
@@ -55,12 +56,13 @@ impl LodestoneScraper {
     }
     res
       .text()
+      .await
       .map_err(Error::Net)
   }
 
-  pub fn character(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Character> {
+  pub async fn character(&self, id: u64) -> Result<Character> {
     let url = LodestoneScraper::route(&format!("character/{}", id))?;
-    let text = self.text(url)?;
+    let text = self.text(url).await?;
     lodestone_parser::parse_character(id, &text).map_err(Error::Parse)
   }
 
@@ -68,9 +70,9 @@ impl LodestoneScraper {
     builder::CharacterSearchBuilder::new(self)
   }
 
-  pub fn free_company(&self, id: u64) -> Result<FreeCompany> {
+  pub async fn free_company(&self, id: u64) -> Result<FreeCompany> {
     let url = LodestoneScraper::route(&format!("freecompany/{}", id))?;
-    let text = self.text(url)?;
+    let text = self.text(url).await?;
     lodestone_parser::parse_free_company(id, &text).map_err(Error::Parse)
   }